[0:01] Good evening, everyone. I'd like to call the Planning Commission meeting for April 8, 2020 to order.

[0:14] Roll call, please.

[0:18] Commissioner Williams.

[0:22] Here.

[0:23] Commissioner Porter.

[0:24] Here.

[0:25] Commissioner Acomora.

[0:28] Here.

[0:28] Is there a way of making that matter? I could bear to hear, Chairman.

[0:38] Yes, he'll speak more into the mic. Commissioner Frazier.

[0:43] I'm here.

[0:45] Commissioner Brazell.

[0:47] Here.

[0:48] Vice Chairman Donnelly.

[0:51] Here.

[0:52] And Chairman Stanish.

[0:54] Here.

[0:54] Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

[1:19] Public comment.

[1:23] I have nothing.

[1:26] Chairman Stanish, what you might have to do is to get real close to the mic and speak up.

[1:31] I get dogged about this a lot.

[1:33] Okay.

[1:33] I know this.

[1:34] Can everybody hear me?

[1:38] I can't, yes.

[1:39] Yeah.

[1:41] I can't speak up.

[1:44] Okay.

[1:45] It just sounds a little muffled.

[1:49] Okay, we will do our best.

[1:51] All right.

[1:53] Disclosure of ex parte communications.

[1:55] Does anyone have anything to speak about in regard to this?

[2:00] Okay.

[2:02] Then we go on to approval of the minutes for February 12, 2020.

[2:07] Do we have a motion?

[2:12] I, Edwin Okamura, make a motion to accept the minutes of Wednesday, February 12, 2020.

[2:18] Do we have a second?

[2:20] Robbie Williams seconding the motion.

[2:24] We have a first and a second.

[2:25] Roll call, please.

[2:31] Commissioner Williams?

[2:34] Yes.

[2:35] Commissioner Porter?

[2:36] Yes.

[2:37] Commissioner Okamura?

[2:39] Yes.

[2:40] Commissioner Frazier?

[2:42] Yes.

[2:43] Commissioner Brazell?

[2:45] Yeah Vice Chairman Donnelly yes and Chairman Stanis yes okay we're on to

[2:53] action items 5.1 public hearing consider making a recommendation to the City

[2:58] Council regarding an ordinance amending title 17 of the real VISTA

[3:02] municipal code regarding cannabis and hemp regulations staff thank you Mr.

[3:09] Chairman let me to do a little bit of recap of the staff report of the

[3:13] The City prepared a draft ordinance and conducted a joint study session with the Planning Commission

[3:19] and the Council back in January.

[3:22] During the meeting, Council members and commissioners directed staff to present additional information

[3:27] and amendments to the Planning Commission related to hemp, delivery regulations, signage

[3:32] on cars, and volatile solvents in cannabis manufacturing.

[3:38] As it concerns hemp and cannabis, they're both from the cannabis sativa plant but are regulated separately under state and federal laws.

[3:47] Industrial hemp is part of the cannabis sativa plant with THC concentrations of 0.3% or less.

[3:56] If the concentration is higher, then it would be defined as a cannabis and have to fall under those rules.

[4:07] California is in the process of creating some rules regarding hemp, but it's not there yet.

[4:15] I believe last year the federal government pretty much deregulated hemp and the only requirement

[4:21] we have in the state is at the point prior to them selling it, once they grow it and harvest it,

[4:27] prior to selling it, they must have it tested

[4:31] to make sure that the THC level is at the 3.10 percent or less.

[4:38] But for us, and during the joint session,

[4:42] we did have a proponent that wanted to move from cannabis to hemp,

[4:47] and it was discussed at the meeting,

[4:49] and it was decided that it would be fine to do it,

[4:52] but that we probably would like to incorporate it

[4:55] And at least make sure that we're using the same stringent rules with hemp that we are with cannabis.

[5:02] And therefore, working with the city attorney, we've incorporated the hemp aspects into this upgrade.

[5:10] So it's now a cannabis slash hemp ordinance.

[5:16] The proposed ordinance treats industrial hemp in the same way as cannabis for the purpose of local regulation.

[5:22] The proposed ordinance also prohibits cannabis businesses from existing on the same premises

[5:28] as a business handling industrial hemp.

[5:31] However, this does not apply to textiles, cosmetics, or other non-consumable goods

[5:37] that are derived in whole or part from cannabis, but containing a THC concentration of 0.3 or less.

[5:45] Such products are permitted without regulation.

[5:48] I believe that, since I said cannabis, I think it's supposed to be hemp.

[5:53] Specifically, the proposed ordinance applies local regulations in the same way to businesses handling the industrial hemp as it does to a cannabis business.

[6:04] However, since there is no state program to regulate industrial hemp, the proposed ordinance says that there is a state law or regulation applicable to cannabis businesses,

[6:13] businesses, but not to industrial hemp businesses, only the local regulation applies to industrial

[6:19] hemp businesses.

[6:21] If and when the state adopts hemp-specific regulations, a business would be required

[6:26] to comply with those as well, and that way we're consistent.

[6:31] Delivery regulations, that was one of the other items that came up, and cannabis

[6:35] delivery operations are regulated by the state now.

[6:40] While all cannabis businesses are required to track and trace any commercial cannabis

[6:44] activity, only cannabis retailers or micro-businesses with a retail component may deliver cannabis

[6:50] goods to a customer.

[6:52] Every delivery employee is required to carry a government-issued ID, an employee ID badge

[6:58] provided by the employer, a copy of the retailer's cannabis business license, and

[7:04] In a copy of the retailer's QR code certificate, delivery is limited to the hours between 6AM

[7:10] and 10PM and must be done directly to the delivery customer after confirming their identity

[7:16] and age.

[7:18] Delivery vehicles must have a GPS tracker reporting to the retailer at all times during

[7:24] delivery, must have a ledger of all cannabis goods in the vehicle, may not have any

[7:30] marking indicating the vehicle delivers cannabis goods or any goods visible to the public,

[7:36] the vehicle may not carry more than 5,000 worth of cannabis goods, including no more

[7:41] than 3,000 worth of not yet ordered goods at any time.

[7:46] The proposed ordinance requires compliance with state laws and regulations.

[7:52] Concerning signage on cars, another subject that came up during the joint session,

[8:00] state

[8:00] cannabis and delivery from having any marking or any other indication of their business on

[8:05] the outside of the vehicle.

[8:07] No delivery vehicle may have any marking or other indication of the business on the

[8:13] outside of the delivery vehicle, so I think we're good there.

[8:19] Volatile solvents, certain cannabis manufacturing licenses may use volatile solvents.

[8:25] The proposed ordinance requires licensed cannabis manufacturing businesses using solvents to

[8:32] have a backup power generator.

[8:35] Occupancies seeking to utilize volatile solvents are highly regulated by the Reavista Fire

[8:40] Department and are subject to quarterly fire and life safety inspections.

[8:45] Volatile solvents generally refer to the use of butane and propane to extract, divide

[8:51] the cannabis or hemp plants into parts.

[8:54] The process uses heat and pressure in a closed-loop system and vacuum to remove.

[9:00] The butane or propane solvents, the system is highly regulated under the California Fire

[9:05] Code for quantities of storage on site.

[9:08] Most occupancies will fall within an F occupancy class and will store less than 120 gallons

[9:14] or pounds in a controlled area.

[9:16] Anything above that would be considered an H occupancy and additional rules and

[9:22] would kick in. Fire systems in the facilities will include sprinkler systems

[9:27] when required by the California Fire Code and Reinvested Municipal Code.

[9:34] Employee

[9:34] safety is also examined at these facilities. The equipment or systems used

[9:39] in these facilities require specific fire department approvals and

[9:43] are required to be UL Underwriter Laboratories approved. No homemade

[9:50] systems or alterations are allowed. The employees are subject to additional

[9:53] education and training delivered by the fire department at the discretion of the

[9:59] fire chief or fire marshal. So that's I think the the guest of there but just a

[10:06] few other notes this particular ordinance reduces the number of retail

[10:10] outlets from four to three and does a prop provide a more defined appeals

[10:14] process if there's an issue that staff notices there's a process where we

[10:21] can identify it and have it come back to Planning Commission.

[10:27] Okay. If anybody has any questions, what I

[10:29] think the easiest thing to do would be to go down the list and start with the Vice

[10:33] Chairman. That way we're not all talking over each other.

[10:37] So Vice Chairman Donnelly, do you have any questions?

[10:41] I'm just kind of a concern of one aspect

[10:45] of the delivery regulations here. This part, the last

[10:49] paragraph of that section saying the vehicles may not carry more than $5,000 worth of cannabis

[10:54] goods, including no more than $3,000 worth of not-yet-ordered goods at any time.

[11:00] So just understanding that the cannabis businesses are still functioning financially outside of

[11:07] our banking system, this means that cash transactions are happening, vehicle driver.

[11:18] I guess my concern is that if there are specific orders that they are filling, that's one

[11:23] that, you know, kind of carrying around some more to this two kind of, you know,

[11:29] orders that happen if somebody walks by and,

[11:37] exactly,

[11:40] I'm a little concerned.

[11:41] I mean, I think the delivery idea is good, but I'm just concerned with these vehicles,

[11:46] even if they're on mark traveling around with a lot of cannabis and a lot

[11:54] of...

[11:55] This is Rob. It's a good concern and a good topic to discuss.

[12:00] I think that the amount they have here, the 5,000 worth of goods and the 3,000 worth of non-ordered goods is probably a good balance.

[12:09] If you think about this in terms of if they're delivering in town, it's probably not an issue because they could always go back and get it.

[12:17] But the concept here, and I think in practice that some of the businesses out there will put product into an unmarked van, for example,

[12:25] they may drive to another city, a city that may be a couple hours away.

[12:30] And so I think that they're going to want to have a little bit of flexibility

[12:32] to have some products so that it can be ordered and dropped as part of that process.

[12:39] Tom, any more questions?

[12:41] Okay.

[12:48] Anything else, Tom?

[12:52] I think that's really my primary concern here.

[12:55] I think the other pieces make sense, the signage of cars.

[12:58] You know, I think that the fire codes and the safety that was talked about like that is well considered. So I think that pretty much covers me

[13:09] Okay, thank you Tom commissioner Brazil. Thank you

[13:15] My question was just answered. So I have some more question. I know further questions. Okay. Thank you commissioner Frazier

[13:24] Yes, thank you first I have kind of a process question

[13:30] Well, this will take two readings at the City Council.

[13:35] That's correct.

[13:37] That's correct.

[13:39] Okay.

[13:40] Then I have a question about the industrial hemp, which is really kind of difficult to comprehend what you're doing.

[13:53] But I think my question is, if a company wants to come in and just create or do industrial

[14:03] hemp textiles below 03,

[14:11] would they still be required to get a state license for cannabis

[14:17] manufacturer?

[14:18] Fair question.

[14:19] That's a fair question.

[14:21] I believe that within here we did specify that for textiles and things like that,

[14:26] this ordinance would not apply. So the focus of hemp in this ordinance is if somebody wants

[14:32] to extract the hemp oil and to use that in some other product. It's that part of this

[14:40] that we would want to regulate under this ordinance.

[14:46] Okay. That's helpful. So it's really just products that would be really difficult to

[14:53] determine what the content level, whether it's below or above 0.303.

[15:00] That's correct. And the fact that they're doing an extraction process, because the extraction process, as I understand it for the hemp, is the exact same for cannabis.

[15:10] And so that's why we've, I think, as a city and a staff, we're recommending that we take the much more stringent approach to any kind of extraction, whether it be hemp.

[15:22] I mean, if they want to extract hemp, we want to have the same strict standards in place.

[15:27] If somebody wanted to come in here and have hemp rope hemp clothing or another product, it would not apply. This this

[15:35] Disordinates would not apply at all

[15:37] Okay, that's good. I just don't want to discourage a

[15:40] company that might be providing those types of products that are clearly not

[15:46] not cannabis products from from being able to get in and

[15:50] if we happen to have someone who would be interested in and starting the business like that

[15:56] I wouldn't want to discourage them from being able to come in.

[16:01] Absolutely, absolutely.

[16:02] And under this ordinance, they would not be.

[16:05] Then I have one other minor, fairly minor thing

[16:09] on the backup generator.

[16:13] And I think it would be, it might be best

[16:17] to try to clarify that by saying a backup generator

[16:20] with a power rating capable of operating the ventilation

[16:30] It's easy to go and buy a very cheap generator that might not be appropriate for the job.

[16:39] So just a suggestion that maybe you want to clarify that the backup generator is capable of operating,

[16:46] of powering the equipment.

[16:49] Good question.

[16:51] I think that we're trying to leave it a little bit flexible because you're saying generator,

[16:56] We're saying backup power.

[16:57] They could have a battery backup system if that works for them.

[17:01] I think that what we would have to do as staff is to look at the,

[17:05] or have them give us information from the appropriate engineers on the power requirements of their equipment

[17:11] and then match that against the power requirements of the backup power system.

[17:18] Yeah, that's a good point.

[17:19] It doesn't have to be a generator.

[17:21] No, but I think that we have enough guidance here that you just can't come in and say,

[17:26] Hey, I got a backup generator from Sam's Club and it's at 10KW.

[17:32] It's like, well, that doesn't matter.

[17:34] What does your engineering team say your requirements are?

[17:37] And then you're going to have to show probably our building

[17:40] inspection people, four leaf as they're going through this,

[17:43] that you have a backup power that's

[17:46] capable of operating the safety aspects of your process.

[17:53] Right, as long as city staff or whoever's

[17:57] reviewing that piece of it understands that. We do.

[18:05] Okay that's really all I have.

[18:07] It's a good observation. Thank you. Okay thank you. Commissioner Okamura.

[18:14] Thank

[18:14] you Chair Stanish. I have a comment on page two and you read through it

[18:19] already and it starts out however the proposal ordinance does not apply to

[18:23] textiles, cosmetics, and other non-consumable goods that are derived dot

[18:28] And the question is with regards to non-consumable goods.

[18:34] So that would imply that consumable goods does fall under this regulation, correct?

[18:42] Not necessarily. I think what really applies to this regulation is if somebody wants to come in here

[18:49] and they want to extract oils from the hemp plant, that's the focus of this ordinance.

[18:58] Okay, I mean, I think this would be, it might be all in the wording in that CBD is derived

[19:06] from hemp, correct?

[19:08] Correct.

[19:08] And as a result, I know a number of stores or shops within Reavista are selling CBD

[19:14] types of products.

[19:16] And therefore, it might be if you have non-consumable goods that does make the assumption that

[19:21] implies that consumable goods, they would fall under that.

[19:26] and then they would be regulated in the same fashion.

[19:30] At least that's how I read it.

[19:32] I understand, but they would not be regulated.

[19:35] The focus here is if you're doing any kind of extraction

[19:39] and you're using butane and things like that,

[19:41] then you need to follow the same safety rules.

[19:43] Once you have it extracted,

[19:46] I think that CDBD in the state is not regulated.

[19:50] And if they wanted to infuse or mix it,

[19:53] in a food product they would have to follow state rules

[19:55] or other guidelines concerning those food products like you would any other

[20:00] any other ingredient you want to put into a food and then sell it. Okay so once it's

[20:05] a finished product and it doesn't it this does not apply. This ordinance does

[20:11] not apply it to a food product finished. Okay and then I had a follow-up

[20:17] comment with regards to a Commissioner Donnelly was talking about this is a

[20:22] question, do the drivers now use debit, take debit cards? I know that the dispensary uses

[20:30] or takes, accepts debit cards in their facility. I'm wondering if they do that in their cars

[20:36] as well. That would alleviate some of the tension there.

[20:42] That's a question where I don't think I can answer off the top of my head. You got

[20:47] me on that one. I think that the problem there is, and I would say first of all, I hope and

[20:53] or if we're going to that or not going to that, but I think that we're trying to migrate

[20:57] or the industry is trying to migrate to that way. But I think the challenge there is what

[21:01] they can take in terms of the electronic transfer and through the traditional banking

[21:08] systems. So that might still be a bit of a challenge. But I'm sure that just as

[21:13] as soon as they have a bank that can actually be set up to accept cash from a cannabis transaction

[21:21] that's going to make everybody's lives a lot easier.

[21:24] Right. Well, I mean, I believe that Reavista Farms is doing that right now.

[21:29] I don't know what bank they're using, but I know they take debit cards there

[21:33] or they have a machine there.

[21:36] Okay. I guess I need to go visit them again.

[21:40] It was strictly research.

[21:42] Okay. Thank you for clarifying that. I was worried.

[21:49] Any other questions?

[21:50] That was it.

[21:51] Okay. Thank you.

[21:52] That was it for me.

[21:53] Thank you.

[21:53] Commissioner Porter.

[21:55] Oh, thank you.

[21:56] I assume the business owner would be here today,

[21:59] so I've phrased my questions talking to the business owner.

[22:04] But the first one is, how many employees do you think you will have

[22:08] and will they have background checks?

[22:12] Commissioner Porter, you might be looking at the next item, which is about a specific

[22:17] business coming in.

[22:19] This is still on the draft ordinance.

[22:23] So are you talking about the Darrington Project?

[22:27] That's the next item on the agenda?

[22:33] Is it regarding the sub lease on St. Francis?

[22:36] Is that the one you're referring to?

[22:37] Yes.

[22:38] Yeah, that's the next item.

[22:40] Yeah, okay.

[22:40] It's not this one.

[22:41] Okay.

[22:41] Do you have anything – any questions pertaining to this?

[22:47] Well, shall I move on to my second question?

[22:49] If – is it pertaining to this one, or is it pertaining to the business again?

[22:53] No, it's pertaining to the – what we're talking about.

[22:56] Okay.

[22:56] First question.

[22:57] Sure.

[22:57] Go ahead.

[22:58] So should I – okay.

[23:00] The agreement with the city calls for security in and around the facility.

[23:05] Can you tell me about the security you plan to have?

[23:09] Okay.

[23:09] I would but I think that still is applicable to to the lease. That's the next item on the agenda

[23:15] Okay, this particular item is strictly on the draft

[23:20] Ordnance or the third rewrite of the ordinance the city has and so soon as we finish with that we'll move on to the lease one

[23:26] Should I hold my questions till later? I would hold those questions until that item comes up. Yeah, okay

[23:34] Commissioner Williams you have any questions?

[23:40] I couldn't find my unmute button

[23:44] The only comment I had was in regards to, well, two comments now.

[23:51] One, in regards to being able to do debit cards, most cannabis facilities have an ATM machine

[23:59] so that you can get cash out in case you didn't bring enough with you.

[24:04] So that's extremely common.

[24:07] And, yes, that was research.

[24:11] Additionally, in regards to the $5,000 amount on what the vehicles can carry, it sounds like a lot.

[24:22] Put $5,000 worth of cannabis products can theoretically fit in your very small glove box.

[24:31] So it's not like they're bringing tons and tons with them.

[24:35] That might only be enough for a very few customers.

[24:39] That was it.

[24:41] Just clarification, those were all research statements.

[24:46] They definitely were. Thank you for reminding me.

[24:55] Does anybody else have any other questions before we move on?

[25:00] Okay. I'll open it up to public comment.

[25:03] Do we have any public comment tonight, Judy?

[25:06] We do not.

[25:07] Okay.

[25:07] We do not.

[25:08] Public comment is closed.

[25:11] All right. Any further recommendations from anybody?

[25:18] Okay. I think we're done with 5-1.

[25:22] Next item is...

[25:23] Hold it.

[25:25] I think that now at this point in time you have to bring it back

[25:28] and you guys have to take action on that.

[25:33] Okay. Sorry.

[25:34] I need a motion.

[25:35] Do we have a motion?

[25:42] I'll make a motion to...

[25:43] to, oh, was that Edwin?

[25:47] Go ahead, Jennifer.

[25:48] It was, go ahead.

[25:49] This is Jennifer, okay.

[25:50] I was just gonna make a motion to adopt resolution 2020-06

[25:56] to repeal chapter 1770 as the Reavis said municipal code

[26:02] relating to cannabis regulations

[26:05] and replacing it with chapter 17.70 relating to cannabis

[26:10] and hemp regulations.

[26:11] Do we have a second?

[26:14] Commissioner Frazier, I'll second.

[26:17] Oh, sorry, Edwin.

[26:18] No, go ahead.

[26:21] Who's on first, here?

[26:22] Commissioner Frazier.

[26:23] Okay, thank you.

[26:24] Thank you, Mary.

[26:26] All right, now we need a real call.

[26:31] Commissioner Williams.

[26:34] Yes.

[26:35] Commissioner Porter.

[26:36] Yes.

[26:37] Commissioner Akamura.

[26:39] Yes.

[26:40] Commissioner Frazier.

[26:42] Yes.

[26:43] Commissioner Brazell.

[26:45] Yes Vice Chairman Donnelly yes and Chairman Stanis yes thank you all right

[26:55] 5.2 public hearing consider approval of the conditional use permit to operate a

[27:00] type 12 cannabis micro business for the cultivation manufacturing distribution

[27:05] and non-storefront retail of cannabis and review and recommendation on

[27:10] development agreement by and between the City of Rio Vista and Dorington

[27:14] Holdings, LLC.

[27:20] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You're welcome. This is

[27:23] Doington, LLC, and he is seeking to lease a small section of the

[27:30] COLE project, or the Georgia project, and to move in there and to do a small type

[27:37] 12 operation, non-storefront. They cannot do any more storefronts here. And so we

[27:44] have you have here the basic information I think this is pretty standard on what's

[27:49] come before the Planning Commission before to include the the development

[27:52] agreement.

[27:55] What can I add? The the square footage of this area is going to be

[27:59] 2,240 feet and wastewater disposal is not going to be permitted to introduce

[28:06] any any chemical or any anything into our wastewater system without any

[28:11] requisite permits. Distribution of cannabis goods will only be conducted by

[28:17] applicant or applicants employees in accordance with the Bureau of Cannabis

[28:21] Control Regulations. The analysis, the property owner has received site and

[28:27] architectural review, so all that's been accomplished this is a lease of that.

[28:32] Security, security is two things. The initial owner of the building has gone

[28:40] through security approvals with the police chief and every applicant has to submit a

[28:47] security plan to the police chief and the police chief has to approve it and that would

[28:51] also the police chief has to determine, has to approve the number of cameras, the position

[28:55] of the cameras, the fact that all cameras will need to be fed to the internet and

[29:00] the police chief has to have unfettered access to those cameras and the feeds

[29:05] and they have to keep the feeds for as long as the police chief determines, and he doesn't reveal that.

[29:11] I mean, that's in the security plan that he keeps locked up in the police department.

[29:18] I

[29:20] think there was a question regarding employees.

[29:22] Employees, according to our current code, have to be a background check, and so we do that here.

[29:30] odor control, while odor controls are not to be expected, we do need to make sure that the people here are good neighbors.

[29:39] The applicant has agreed and the development agreement will require the applicant to consult a mechanical engineer

[29:44] and work with the city to adopt any recommendations of the mechanical engineer.

[29:50] And the development agreement provides that they have to do this.

[29:53] They have to have a signed design stamped system that's been done by a California.

[30:00] California licensed mechanical engineer. And that no later than six months after receiving

[30:04] the certificate of occupancy, they have to go through and, and in addition, anytime the

[30:10] city receives an order complaint from the property or surrounding areas, then we'll be

[30:15] permitted to enter the property and to evaluate order controls. And if necessary, we can

[30:20] direct that the, that he gets an engineer, an engineering firm to come out and to

[30:26] review the the mechanical handling units area handling units and determine if

[30:32] there's any problems. So we have additional safeguards that we put into

[30:37] the the DA to to ensure that we can do that.

[30:46] And I think that's really I mean

[30:50] there's there's a few more things to this but it's this is pretty much kind

[30:54] of identical to what's been through the Planning Commission before. Let me

[30:57] Let me stop there and see if there's any questions that we can answer.

[31:00] Okay, we'll do it the same way. We'll start from the top.

[31:02] Vice Chairman Donnelly, any questions?

[31:06] I don't have any.

[31:08] Okay. Commissioner Brazil?

[31:11] No questions.

[31:12] Commissioner Frazier?

[31:16] One question.

[31:18] Ron, do you know if the applicant is planning to have any outdoor signage

[31:24] or is it possible to have outdoor signage?

[31:27] It is not.

[31:28] For the tenants?

[31:29] It is not possible to have outdoor signage.

[31:32] But we want, the ordinance is clear that we want no outdoor signage advertising cannabis within these facilities.

[31:44] That's all I have.

[31:46] Okay.

[31:46] Commissioner Okamura.

[31:49] Thank you.

[31:51] I do have one question, or yeah, I have a question with regards to the non-scope front retail of cannabis.

[31:58] This is a type 12, so is this for clarification?

[32:02] Is this the second type 12 license that we'll be issuing?

[32:08] I believe this is probably the third.

[32:12] Okay. And with the non-storefront retail operation,

[32:18] does that count as one of the four dispensaries

[32:22] or places that could retail cannabis?

[32:25] No. In fact, the clarification here was this is a type 12 with no retail.

[32:32] So they cannot have a walk in and the ordinance itself that was just passed by the Planning Commission

[32:41] actually takes this from a total of four retails down to three.

[32:47] So we can have no more, and we already have those three are spoken for.

[32:53] And so this one here is he can grow, he can manufacture, and he can distribute to other approved facilities.

[33:04] That would be it.

[33:09] I'm sorry, I think I missed that.

[33:12] So you're saying this is one of the four or this is not one of the four?

[33:18] No, this is not one of the four.

[33:21] In fact, this one cannot have a walk-in or retail component.

[33:27] Okay, so the four are walk-in.

[33:30] The current ordinance allows for a total of four walk-ins to retail.

[33:36] Okay, got it.

[33:38] Great.

[33:39] That was what I asked.

[33:40] Perfect.

[33:40] Thank you.

[33:42] Okay.

[33:43] Commissioner Porter.

[33:44] Okay.

[33:45] Thank you.

[33:46] I had my questions.

[33:48] How many employees do you think you will have and you answered the background check portion of it?

[33:54] The employees, it's hard to say.

[33:58] I think it's kind of early.

[34:01] I think when we first had Real Vista Farms come up and we talked to them,

[34:06] I asked how many employees they have and they said, oh, we're going to have 20.

[34:09] I think right now they're 98.

[34:12] But they also have the retail component and they're expanding.

[34:16] This is a very small facility, 2240 square feet.

[34:22] And so I think that they're going to come in with a very small footprint at this to start off with

[34:28] Thank you very few employees

[34:31] Yeah

[34:32] The agreement with the city calls for security in and around the facility

[34:36] Can you tell us about the security you plan to have?

[34:40] the

[34:42] Again what they have to do is they have to have a security plan that's approved by the police chief and

[34:48] You know part of that is going to have to have

[34:51] security inside and possibly outside. Now outside may be having a firm security

[34:59] firm come out and do checks of some sort. In this particular case if you have

[35:03] multiple tenants in the same building they can get together and they could

[35:07] kind of work something like that the city would find that acceptable.

[35:13] Thank

[35:14] Thank you.

[35:15] Will you be selling anything from your facility?

[35:19] I'm sorry?

[35:20] Will you be selling anything from your facility?

[35:26] No, I will not be.

[35:29] And in this particular case, this person here, what they will do is they will process orders

[35:37] for delivery.

[35:39] When I say delivery, it's not to the home.

[35:42] They can only deliver, for example.

[35:43] They can deliver it to another cannabis license facility such as a delivery a retail store

[35:50] They can take their product and then

[35:52] Deliver it to that store. So they can only deliver to another location that has a cannabis license

[35:59] So they're not they're not in the home delivery or a kind of business

[36:04] Yeah, so there'd be no no walk-in business

[36:08] No, no walk-in business on it. We can't have that

[36:13] And my last question, will anything be consumed on the property?

[36:19] What I was thinking about was, would they have like a cigar store,

[36:27] would have a big cigar place in the back with couches and that sort of thing?

[36:33] Will they have something like that?

[36:35] I think that our ordinance prohibits that.

[36:38] Okay. Thank you. That's all I had.

[36:41] Thank you. Commissioner Williams.

[36:46] No questions.

[36:51] All right. Do we have any public comment, Judy?

[36:57] Okay. No public comment.

[36:59] All right.

[37:01] So do we have a motion for the conditional use permit type 12,

[37:07] cannabis, microbusiness, development agreement between the

[37:10] City of Real Vista and Darrington Holdings, LLC?

[37:15] May I make one more comment? This is that one, Okamora.

[37:18] Oh, sure.

[37:18] Sure.

[37:21] So my question comment is that if this is a non-store fund retail and they're going to

[37:26] be, they have the opportunity to distribute their product to other retail outlets, then

[37:33] actually the $5,000 limit would seem like, would seem too little.

[37:38] Does this fall under that ordinance or is this a different one because they're not

[37:45] a dispensary?

[37:48] It would not fall under this because the part that you're talking about is if they were delivering to like a residential address.

[37:58] So that's a delivery. These people are doing distribution to like a retail cannabis store. So it's totally different.

[38:10] That's what I figured.

[38:11] Yeah, thank you.

[38:13] Anybody else have any questions?

[38:16] OK.

[38:18] Do we have a motion?

[38:25] Mr. Admiral, I'll make a motion to accept

[38:30] the resolution of the Planning Commission of the City

[38:32] of Rio Vista, approving the conditional use permit

[38:34] that will allow operation of a cannabis type 12 micro

[38:38] business.

[38:40] Oh, I actually read the wrong part.

[38:44] Should I reread it?

[38:45] for the record please okay where I say I make a motion to accept the application

[38:52] that has been filed by Dornton holding LLC to operate a cannabis type 12

[38:57] micro business full-faceted manufacturing distribution non-storefront

[39:02] retail facility at 1000 safe Francis way to achieve realistic California thank

[39:08] Thank you. Do we have a second?

[39:11] This is Robbie Williams.

[39:14] Go ahead, Robbie.

[39:18] Okay, Tom did.

[39:21] Okay, Tom, thank you.

[39:24] Who did we get?

[39:26] We had Edwin and Tom.

[39:28] Tom.

[39:28] Yes.

[39:31] We have backups if you need them.

[39:35] Excuse me.

[39:36] This is Lamont Thompson, planning manager.

[39:39] I do have a question.

[39:40] You mentioned one resolution which was 2020-007 and then you also have a recommendation for

[39:49] the DA to the city council which is 2020-008.

[39:53] Could you amend your motion and include that as well, please?

[39:58] I can't.

[40:00] Just say yes.

[40:02] Yes.

[40:03] Okay.

[40:04] We got it.

[40:07] Thank you, Lamont.

[40:11] So we're ready for vote, right?

[40:13] Yes.

[40:13] Okay, Commissioner Williams.

[40:17] Yes, Commissioner Porter. Yes, Commissioner Okamura. Yes, Commissioner Fraser. Yes, Commissioner Brazil. Yeah, Vice Chairman Donnelly.

[40:33] Yes.

[40:34] And Chairman Stannish.

[40:35] Yes.

[40:36] Thank you.

[40:38] Okay.

[40:39] I'm sorry.

[40:39] Just clarification.

[40:40] That was resolution 2020-007.

[40:46] And I think LeMont was referencing was the companion resolution 2020-008.

[40:53] And that has to do with the DA.

[40:55] So I would ask that you take that up as a separate resolution.

[41:01] Okay.

[41:10] Okay.

[41:11] So I'm asking for the Planning Commission to take action on Resolution 2020-008, a resolution

[41:20] of the Planning Commission of the City of Rio Vista, approving and recommending that the

[41:24] City Council approve the development agreement by and between the City of Rio Vista and

[41:29] Dorenton Holdings.

[41:33] Do you see that?

[41:34] I don't see it.

[41:36] I mean, I have this, but I don't have a 008.

[41:39] the

[41:56] last two pages of that I don't

[42:09] know

[42:16] okay I'm sorry is there something that

[42:25] we're supposed to be doing right now yes we're just verifying the the the

[42:31] the resolution 2020 0 0 8 you have it in your.

[42:56] It's not on my agenda either 2020 0 0

[42:59] it's page 17. Excuse me. That's my mom again.

[43:05] Say again. It's page 17. Yeah.

[43:15] See it. Yeah.

[43:16] Okay, it wasn't on the agenda. That's why I guess I

[43:22] Worked them together. Okay

[43:24] All right

[43:27] All right, we need to discuss the resolution

[43:30] 2020-008 between the city of real Vista and Dorrington Holdings LLC. We'll do the questioning the same way

[43:39] Rob

[43:41] This is a, again, this is a very, very similar development agreement that's come before the

[43:48] Planning Commission before.

[43:49] The main difference here is the adjusting of the size of the project to 24, 2240.

[43:58] And so it would provide $2,240 the first year, the second year would be double that

[44:05] and then third year third three times that in trying to find it here and then

[44:11] also it would allow for 1% of gross profits first year 2% second year and

[44:17] 3% the third year and other than that it has the everything else in here is

[44:28] pretty much identical to the other DA's that have come before the Planning

[44:32] Commission. All

[44:35] right, Chairman Donnelly, do you have any questions? I'm Vice Chairman Donnelly.

[44:39] No questions. Okay. Commissioner Brazil.

[44:45] No questions. Commissioner Frazier.

[44:49] No questions.

[44:50] Commissioner Okamura. No questions. Commissioner Porter. No questions. Commissioner Williams.

[45:00] No questions. And I don't have any questions either. Okay. Do we have a motion?

[45:08] Sure. This is

[45:08] Commissioner Frazier. I'll move that we approve resolution number 2020-008, resolution of the

[45:16] Planning Commission of the City of Rio Vista, approving and recommending that the city council

[45:21] approve the development agreement by and between City of Rio Vista and Darrington Holdings,

[45:27] LLC. Do we have a second? I'll second it.

[45:34] We have a first and a second.

[45:38] Commissioner Williams.

[45:43] Yes.

[45:44] Commissioner Porter.

[45:45] Yes.

[45:46] Commissioner Acomora.

[45:48] Aye.

[45:49] Commissioner Frazier.

[45:52] Yes.

[45:53] Commissioner Brazell.

[45:55] Yes.

[45:56] Vice Chairman Donnelly.

[45:58] Yes.

[45:59] Chairman Stanis.

[46:00] Yes.

[46:03] All right.

[46:04] We're on number six discussion, child care.

[46:06] I'm

[46:14] looking.

[46:19] Carried over.

[46:21] Yeah, the only thing I know is I can say is that I think we're moving forward with the ordinance on child care.

[46:26] It's basically it's, it's, it's come down from the state and so.

[46:31] Hi, this is Lamont Thompson.

[46:33] Go ahead.

[46:34] Again, basically, the reason I put this on the agenda is because they had five questions about things like licensing inspections for safety.

[46:48] And just things that the city could do have

[46:56] looked into it by

[47:00] the commission on their questions is that

[47:03] it's regulated by the state and the city of Rio Vista will not be enforcing any of the child care laws.

[47:13] We're basically going to be treating them as if it was just a large family

[47:21] is not discriminating against any child care.

[47:32] Anybody else have any questions or comments about the childcare?

[47:41] Okay.

[47:42] Do we have anything for future agenda items?

[47:49] Anybody?

[47:52] Okay.

[47:54] I'd like to take this time to wish everyone a happy Passover and a happy Easter and please

[48:00] be safe and healthy.

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